of waterloo city



A.- w. MEEK.

I Gate.

No. 82,336. Patented Sept. 22, 1868.

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A. W. MEEK, OF WATERLOO CITY, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 82,336, dated September 22, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I Be it known that I, A. W. MEEK, of Waterloo City, in the county of De Kalb, and Stateof Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear, full, and exact description of the same, suilicicnt to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains-to fully understand and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure 1 is a-front view of the gate in a closed position. I

Figure 2 is a view with the gate partly open.

Figure 3 is a top or plan view when the gate is entirely open.

Figures 4 and 5 are side views of the post.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the difierent figures. Y

My inventionis a novel improvement in gates, and consists in means for readily opening the gat either entirely or partly, as well as causing the return thereof to its first position, in a simple and easy manner, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings- I l A B represent upright posts, which are inserted into the ground or secured to a sill, C, resting on the ground.

In the top and bottom of the post A there extend arms, a, in which are-journalled the bearings of a verticalswinging post, 0. This post G consists of two similar pieces, 6, properly secured together, so as to leave a space, 0, within which plays ,the gate 1).

To the upper end of the post 0, I secure a grooved pulley 5 12, and a certain distance below it' is secured another pulley, e, whose journal or pivot passes through the two pieces 6, and has secured to it, in the space between the said pieces, a toothed wheel or pinion.

The gate D is constructed of the usual horizontal rails, E, and uprights or battens, F G H. v

A batten, F, issecured to one end on both sides of the gate, and a similar batten, H, to the other end.

The batten G is somewhat nearer to the batten H than batten F, the object of which is, that when the gate is run back, and the batten G reaches the swinging post 0, the gate will be .equipoised, and not hang one way or the other. I i

The battens G H are extended upwards, beyond the top rails, and have connected to them an inclined extension-bar, J,-'wl10se-free end points in the direction op'positeto the swinging posts. 7 v

The upperend of the post B carries a roller, g, which is adapted to support the extension-bar J, and allow a free sliding motion thereon.

A catch may be formed in hthe same post, B, to receive and hold the ordinary latch, h, when the gate is closed.

K represents a rack-bar, which is secured to the gate near its upper end, and extends in a diagonal'direc tion from the outer batten, F, and the inner batten, G, to a point, p, where it extends parallel with the slats or bars of the gate.

The teeth of this rack mesh with the toothed wheel f-of the swivel-post C, and the rack always rests on said wheel;

To the lower pulley, e, is secured a cord, which is wound around it, and is adapted to pass over the upper pulley, cl, and carry a weight, Z;

It will be seen that when the gate is to be opened, it mustbe drawn back from the post B. The inclined extension-bar J and inclined rack K, which support the gate, then cause the gate to raiseitself as it runs back. The weight Z assists in overcoming the resistance of the weight of the gate. The rack causes the pinionf to unwind the cord is, which is assisted by the weight.

Thus the gate is readily opened equal to the distance between the batten G and the swinging post C. Is it desired to open it still further, the whole gate is easily swung round on the post 0, thus allowing almost an entire'space between the posts A B.

To close the gate, it must be swung back again in line with the two posts. Then the extension-bar rests on the pulley of post B, and the gate being started, its gravity causes it to slide down on the inclines and return to its first position, as shown in fig. 1.

The same result is accomplished when the gate is partly opened, as in fig. 2.

In order to giverthe extension-bar J room to clear the top of the post, one side thereof is cut away the level of roller g.

The standing part 3 serves as the stop to the gate in swinging it back to its place.

This gate can be constructed quickly and easily, and will be found to be practical and useful.

I am aware of the patent granted to D. McCurdy, August 28, 1866, and therefore disclaim any parts, the subject-matter of said patent; but

What I claim as new herein, and desire to secure .by Letters Patent, is

The rack K, pulleys d and'e, and weight 1, in combination with the gate G, substantially as and for the purpose described.

To the above I have signed my name, this fourth day of May, 1868.

' A. W. MEEK. Witnesses CHAS. D-SMITH, JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM. 

